Arakshaka

Arakshaka is a 2012 Kannada Psychological thriller film starring Upendra, Sadha and Ragini Dwivedi in the lead roles. The film is directed by P. Vasu. Krishna Prajwal has produced the film under Udaya Ravi Films. Gurukiran is the music director of the film. Karnatakas former CM and State Janata Dal President, H. D. Kumaraswamy released the audio of the film. The film is loosely inspired by the 2010 Hollywood film Shutter Island.

Oneindia gave a very positive review to the movie saying, Arakshaka is the best suspensethriller made in the Kannada film industry in the recent years. P Vasus script is the hero of the film, as it successfully creates suspense, sets authentic mood and makes you sit on the edge of the seat for the most part of the movie. Arakshaka is a psychologicalmurder mystery that keeps you guessing till the end. Rediff also gave the movie a positive review by givingstars out ofand said, Aarakshaka is worth a watch. It will surely make people think a lot, but leave them confused. Director Vasu has succeeded in playing a mind game with viewers. Aarakshaka needs a lot of thinking and reasoning. Go for it with your thinking cap on. Nowrunning.com also gave it a positive review by giving 3.5 stars out ofand said, Aarakshaka boasts of out of the box story, watch it.Aarakshaka witnessed an average of 80 occupancy in single screens and around 60 in multiplexes. In rural places the film got 65 occupancy on opening day. The movie made good collections during its fourday weekend. The films first week gross was 3.42 Crore despite little publicity. However, the collections fell during the second week mainly due to the release of Darshan starrer Chingari. The films second week gross was 1.5 Crore, bringing its two weeks total gross to 4.92 Crore, thus returning investment within two weeks. The film turned out to be just a moderate success. Aarakshaka was declared as an Above Average Grosser by Oneindia Sandalwood Half Yearly Box Office Reports. ........

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